The pilei of the Dioscuri in the heavens as the stars Castor and Pollux: [ATTACH] Mn. Fonteius C.f., 85 BC. Roman AR Denarius, 3.97 g, 21.0 mm,...
I've always found Marc Breitsprecher to have nice coins at competitive prices.
The Λεον Νεμειος (Nemean Lion) was an enormous lion who was the offspring of Orthros, a two-headed, serpent-tailed dog, and Chimera, a...
Good to have fun outside with the kiddos! The photos turned out fine! Here's my Faustina II with the Venus Victrix: [ATTACH] The reverses...
I don't know if that's Augustus by the portrait. Looks like Marcus Aurelius, perhaps? Can you read anything on the inscription?
Oh, how sad! Here are a few coins I've purchased from them over the years: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think yours is the tigress type. Officina B.
Pelinna (Πέλιννα), also known as Pelinnaeum (Greek: Πελινναῖον), was a polis located in the district of Histiaeotis in central Thessaly, near the...
I love doing this sort of die-matching study. Congratulations on the find!
Nice full-faced example, @Mat ! I only have one coin of this ruler: [ATTACH] Tiberius II Constantine AD 574-582 and Anastasia. Byzantine Æ...
Lovely coins, @rrdenarius ! You raise interesting points about iconography in Greco-Roman art. There was often overlap between the attributes of...
A lot of cool cats in here from the likes of @Orange Julius , @Clavdivs , @Cucumbor , @dougsmit , and @Andres2 ! What a great opportunity for me...
Live from Coin Talk -- it's Saturday night! I've rephotographed this one, a coin I've only posted here once before. [ATTACH] Julia Domna, AD...
Here's a Seleucid with an elephant head on a serrated flan: [IMG] Laodike IV, wife and sister of both Seleucus IV and Antiochus IV. Selucia in...
Entertaining write-up, @Ryro , and cool coins! A couple of Livias: [ATTACH]Livia, under Augustus, 27 BC - AD 13. Roman Æ diobol, 7.41 g, 24.2...
The more FELICITAS issues, the worse the situation -- or so it was for Trebonianus Gallus, anyway. I like Felicitas' ponytail on this one....
I guess nobody has one from Ancyra. I'll choose a new theme: stag.
I have owned this coin for some years, but only rephotographed it recently and I decided to research its background more thoroughly. Please post...
This thread, maybe?
Very nice coin, @Nathan401 ! I do like that Pegasus on the reverse! The most relevant thing in my collection is this one of Philip II from...
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